A son has been banned from seeing his mother until 2015 after he smashed up the family home with an axe.

Paul Hodgson, 20, from Loftus, was drunk and aggressive to his mother Diane when he arrived back in the early hours from a night out.

He had been living with his grandmother until she went on holiday and his mother had allowed him to stay for 10 days, Teesside Crown Court was told.

She told police that he had been violent towards her in the past, and on this occasion she slapped his face.

Prosecutor Jenny Haigh told the judge: “He went berserk and at one point he had an axe and a hammer in his hand.

“He smashed up the back door and a fridge, and she phoned the police who could hear the disturbance going on in the background.

“She contacted them again before they arrived, and they found him in an agitated and drunken state.

“He was told to drop the axe and he ignored them until they told him that they had tasers. He told them ‘I will have you all’.”

Eventually he dropped the weapon and he was arrested. He said that he found it stressful living at home, and that his mother wound him up.

Miss Haigh said that Mrs Hodgson was at court, and that she wanted the judge to know that she loves her son very much and she did not want him to go to prison. But she would like him to pay for the damage which was about £1,000.

Hodgson had seven convictions for 10 offences, and the last in 2011 was for disorderly behaviour.

Louise Mustard, defending, said that Hodgson had never served a custodial sentence or a community order, and he accepted that his behaviour was completely over the top.

He worked and had take-home pay of £250 a week, and he was willing to pay compensation.

Judge Les Spittle said that perhaps Mrs Hodgson should not have slapped her son, but he reacted totally out of proportion.

The judge said that there should be means of reconciliation to assist families in such a situation, but because there was not he would make an exclusion order.

He banned Hodgson from the area of his mother’s home in Gladstone Street, Loftus, for two years without the approval of his supervising officer.

Hodgson, of High Row, Loftus, was also given a two-year community order with supervision and 100 hours’ unpaid work, and he was ordered to pay £1,000 compensation at £20 a week after he pleaded guilty to criminal damage and affray on October 12.